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Appendix 2: Amino Acid
Abbreviations
Abbreviation Amino acid Side chain
A Ala Alanine 2CH 3
C Cys Cysteine 2CH 2 SH
D Asp Aspartic acid 2CH 2 CO 2 H
E Glu Glutamic acid 2(CH 2 ) 2 CO 2 H
F Phe Phenylalanine 2CH 2 Ph
G Gly Glycine 2H
H His Histidine 2CH 2 -imidazole
I Ile Isoleucine 2CH(CH 3 )CH 2 CH 3
K Lys Lysine 2(CH 2 ) 4 NH 2
L Leu Leucine 2CH 2 CH(CH 3 ) 2
M Met Methionine 2(CH 2 ) 2 SCH 3
N Asn Asparagine 2CH 2 CONH 2
P Pro Proline 2(CH 3 ) 3 2N a (cyclic)
Q Gln Glutamine 2(CH 2 ) 2 CONH 2
R Arg Arginine 2(CH 2 ) 3 NHC(NH 2 ) þ 2
S Ser Serine 2CH 2 OH
T Thr Threonine 2CH(CH 3 )OH
V Val Valine 2CH(CH 3 ) 2
W Trp Tryptophan 2CH 2 -indole
Y Tyr Tyrosine 2CH 2 2C 6 H 4 2OH
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